become a man, Unfortunately, he passed away on Saturday August 20., a death that seems to be natural according to the announcement of his family on his Facebook account and relayed by La Voix du Nord. “To all those who knew Jonathan, through his story, his book, his film, in schools, who one day met him, talked to him, you who have been following us for so many years, I unfortunately have sad news to announce to you: Jonathan passed away on Saturday at my house in his sleep. It is with a torn heart that I announce this to you.“, wrote his mother Marie-Pierre, probably at the height of pain.
The newspaper states thata police investigation has been opened to understand the circumstances of this tragedy and provide all the answers to the family. In the meantime, it received a lot of support from Internet users and specified that the date of the funeral would be communicated later.
As a reminder, a TV movie had been made about his story and was released in 2018 on TF1, The day I burned my heart. Interpreted by Martin Daquin, his role had moved many viewers. Michaël Youn, Camille Chamoux and Marie-Julie Baup, in particular, were also featured in this feature film which broke records during its broadcast with more than 6 million viewers!